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2 months ago | 
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | David Deane |Federico Riva
1 INTRODUCTION Decades of research on the impacts of habitat loss and fragmentation have failed to fully clarify the role of patch size for biodiversity (Chase et al., 2020; Diamond, 1975; Fahrig, 2017; Riva & Fahrig, 2023; Simberloff & Abele, 1976).
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Apr 10, 2024 | 
catholicworldreport.com | David Deane |Catherine Harmon
Detail from the Sistine Chapel Ceiling: "Creation of Adam" (1510) by Michelangelo [WikiArt.org]Moral beliefs linger on after the reasons for them have been forgotten. We need only look at our own Western secular culture for an example of this. In our culture, those who are “the lowest”—those who are suffering the most—are those who we see as most deserving of attention and care. The victims of oppression have a sacredness in our age.
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Apr 1, 2024 | 
medium.com | David Deane
Confidence comes from loving your whole self, which in turn comes from knowing your whole self. The Hard Truth of Radical Self-LoveSounds simple. But radical self-love is something that goes beyond what you might think.
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Mar 18, 2024 | 
medium.com | David Deane
Resonance: The Lost Art of Soulful ConnectionBack when I was a percussion student, I played a lot of marimba; a really gorgeous, sensuous instrument for making music. Even before producing a sound, the earthy, expansive keyboard and the feel of a mallet stroke that hit just right, made for a rich, visceral experience.
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Mar 4, 2024 | 
medium.com | David Deane
For most of my life, I’ve felt like a failure in three key areas; spirituality, technology, and creativity. I’ve looked inward, attempted to produce something meaningful, and found myself creatively bankrupt, time and again. I’ve felt completely underwater with technology and how to use it. And then there’s spirituality, which I dismissed for many years, considering it a waste of time. I argued with dogmatic people, trying to change their minds about something clearly steel-trap shut within them.
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Feb 27, 2024 | 
whatweneednow.substack.com | David Deane
David Deane is Associate Professor of Theology at the Atlantic School of Theology (Halifax, Nova Scotia). He received his doctorate from Trinity College (University of Dublin) and has taught at Colorado State University. He is the author of Nietzsche and Theology: Nietzschean Thought in Christological Anthropology (Ashgate Publishing, 2007) and, with Sr. Nuala P. Kenny, Still Unhealed: Treating the Pathology in the Clergy Sexual Abuse Crisis (Novalis, 2019).
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Feb 26, 2024 | 
medium.com | David Deane
Wabi-Sabi (侘寂), finding beauty in imperfection. It’s fascinating how many words in various languages are untranslatable. So frustrating, albeit beautiful at the same time. How else, then, could one enjoy the likes of déjà vu, karma, and zazen, if not for the impossibility of tearing those words from their original, unique linguistic tapestries? All we can do is adopt them, appreciating how they expand our understanding, yet knowing their roots remain elusive, hinting at depths we might never know.
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Jan 26, 2024 | 
onlinelibrary.wiley.com | David Deane |Cang Hui |Melodie McGeoch
1 INTRODUCTION For equal total area, groups of small patches often contain more species than a few larger patches (Fahrig, 2020; Quinn & Harrison, 1988), prompting calls for greater focus on understanding the importance of patch size for biodiversity (Fahrig et al., 2021). However, species richness offers a narrow perspective on biodiversity, ignoring such characteristics as species identity and relative frequency (Hillebrand et al., 2018).
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Jan 22, 2024 | 
medium.com | David Deane
Hi again, and welcome back. This is our weekly Mindful Moments series, and I’m David Deane. Today, tech. Breakneck, mindboggling tech. That’s our topic, so strap in — it moves pretty fast these days. Back in the day, the typewriter wasn’t just a machine; it was a writer’s sidekick, those clacks and bings, the pulse of heartful creation, each lettertap a step into a world of ink-infused dreams. And tape recorders? Not just fun gadgets, those.
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Jan 22, 2024 | 
eternitynews.com.au | David Deane
Much of the difficulty comes because the Bible seems to give mixed messages. Are Christians meant to love their enemies and turn the other cheek, or should we take up the sword to defend the weak and constrain evil? Recently, as I was preparing to address some students from Newcastle University on the subject, it occurred to me that there is no single ‘Christian view of war’.
